Radiator construction



Aug. 22, 1939 F. c. REYNOLDS 2,170,427

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INVENTOR Femwr? /Y/VOZ 05 BY J 76; ATTORNEY Aug. 22, 1939. F. c. REYNOLDS 2,170,427

RADIATOR CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 8, 1938 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 i I 1, I 1

26 29a 76 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 22, 1939 v UNITED STATES RADIATOR CONSTRUCTION Frank 0. Reynolds, New York, N. Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, to- American Radiator &

Standard Sanitary Corporation,

New York,

N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application January 8, 1938, Serial No. 183,972

6 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in hea ing apparatus, and the same has for its object to provide a radiator of the convector type which is simple in construction, efficient inoperation, and comparatively inexpensive .to produce and assemble.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a radiator enclosure consisting essentially of a base member upon which the heating element is supported, and a top member cooperating with said base member for enclosing the heating element.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a radiator enclosure consisting essentialy of a base member having air inlet means therein and serving as a support for the heating element, and a housing separate from said base member and enga'geable therewith for enclosing said heating element and said support.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a radiator enclosure in which the radiator supporting element and the base member of the enclosure, which contains the air intake opening, are formed asa unitary structure.

Further, said invention has for its object to: provide a radiator enclosure composed essentially of a base member and a top member, and in which the base member, containing the air intake means, is engageable with the said top member and serves to hold said top member duly positioned with regard to the said base member and the radiator supported upon the latter.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a sheet metal enclosure for a radiator consisting essentially of two parts, viz: a base member and a top member having air outlet openings, and in which the base member includes a frame structure forming a support or saddle for the heating element which is secured to the rear of the base member forming the lower front portion of the enclosure and containing the air intake openings.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel features of construction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a front view illustrating one form of radiator and enclosure constructed according to, and embodying my said invention;

Fig. 2 is a top View thereof;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4i is a vertical section on the line 44 of Fig. 1; h

Fig. 5 is a front view of the radiator or heating element with its support and air-intake member, the same being detached from the enclosure;

Fig. 6 is an end View of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the support for the radiator or heating element and the attached air intake member thereof;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on. the line 8-8 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail horizontal section on the line 99 of Fig. 1.

In said drawings the radiator is shown as of the enclosed type, and comprises a heating element l composed of a p-lurality'of sections Ill communicatively connectedat their upper and lower ends by the usual nipples indicated at ,Fig. 4, and a sheet metal casing ll, comprising a back l2, top l3, and end portions 14.

The heating element is preferably constructed in the form of a panel, and each section of the panel provided with a rearwardly extending portion Hl it and Hi denote the supply and return pipes communicating-with a source of heating medium, and H1 a valve for controlling the supply of heating mediumto said heating element.

The heating element is supported in elevated position upon a frame or saddle with its front edge slightly overhangingthefront of said support. The support is formed of sheet metal and includes a pair of transverse side members or plates I6 having laterally extending flanges ll, 18 at their upper and lower ends, respectively. The flanges H3 at the lower edge of the plates of members l6 are coextensive with the width thereof, and the upper flanges ll extend rearwardly beyond the rear edges of said plates or members and terminate in' upwardly'projecting ends Il The said side members or plates are provided at their rear vertical edges with inwardly extending vertical flanges Ili which are coextensive in height with said side members or plates. The said side members or plates are secured together at their rear edges by longitudinal angle members i9, I9 which are spot-welded at their opposite ends tothe inner sides of the vertical flanges it adjacent the upper and lower ends thereof, and at the upper and lower ends of their forward edges said side members or plates are provided with inwardly-extending ears 20.

2| denotes a perforated front plate or grill,

which is secured at its central portion along its marginal portions to the ears 28 of the side members or plates It by spot-welding or other suitable means. The said perforated plate 2-! is provided at its opposite vertical edges with forwardly-extending flanges 22 coextensive in height with said plate 2|, and along its upper edge said plate is provided with a narrow, rearwardly extending flange 23. The perforated bottom plate or grill 2!, together with the attached supporting frame l5, form a support or saddle upon which the heating element ID is mounted.

The enclosing casing H has its back members l2 formed of sheet metal and to the opposite vertical edges thereof are secured the inturned vertical edges 25 of the end members It which are U-shape in crosssection and have their forward vertical edges 2'! turned inward and terminate in rounded, rearwardly extending portions; 28.

The top I3 is provided along its rear and front edges with depending flange portions 29, 29 respectively, and at its opposite short ends with corresponding flanges 30. The lower edge 3| of the front flange 29 is also rounded and directed rearwardly to correspond with the inwardly extending vertical edges 28 of the end members Hi.

The top l3 has the edges of its several flanges 29, 29 and 3t conformed to the corresponding upper edges of the back member l2, the end member wall 30, and the rearwardly extending portion 28 of said end member, and is secured .in place by a strap 32 which is conformed to the inner surfaces of said end member wall 30, the front flange 29 and its inwardly extending portion 28, and is secured thereto by s'potwelds 33.

The upper edge of the back I2 is secured to the depending flange 29 of the top by screws 34.

The upper surface of the top: I3 is provided with apertures 35 to form a grill, and below said top is movably supported a slide 35 having apertures 31 therein which may be brought into register with the apertures 35 in the top by movement of said slide to permit of the escape of heated air from the casing.

The said slide 36 is supported upon longitudinal rails or guides 38 secured to the under side of the top, and is provided with a knob or finger portion 39 which extends through a slot 40 in said top l3 for operating said slide.

The end members M are provided upon their.

inner sides adjacent the lower ends of the rearwardly extending flanges 2'! with ears or lugs M to receive therebetween the outwardly extending vertical flanges 22 of the perforated bottom plate 2l' to hold the parts detachably secured together when the enclosure is adjusted into position over the heating element and its support.

A suitable aperture 42 is provided in the top I3 to accommodate the stem of the valve H] for controlling the supply of heating medium to the radiator.

It is to be noted that a feature of my invention is the constructing of the casing or enclosure of two essential parts, viz: the upper or enclosing portion and the base member which is embraced thereby, and which includes, as anintegral part thereof, the supporting means or saddle for the heating element.

Further, it is to be noted that since each of the two parts constituting the enclosure is a complete unit it merely becomes necessary to engage the one with the other to complete the enclosure,

and that no fastening devices of any kind are required to assemble the apparatus for use.

The operation of the apparatus will be obvious. It need merely be noted that the apparatus may be used either as a radiation and convection heating apparatus by opening the aid outlets at the top of the casing, or as a radiation heating apparatus only by closing the air outlets in said top and relying upon the portion. of. the heating element exposed at the opening in the front of the casing.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An apparatus of the character described comprising a supporting frame including a front wall member fixed thereon and having air inlet openings therein, a heating element mounted upon said support, and an enclosure for said heating element provided with air outlet openings and including end members; said front wall member bridging the space between said end members below said heating element and detachably secured at its ends to said end members.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a supporting frame, a heating element mounted thereon, said supporting frame including longitudinal front and back members and transverse members connecting said longia tudinal members, said longitudinal front member having air intake openings therein, and a casing having air outlet openings and a cut-out front portion to expose the front of said heating element and interengaging at the lower edges of its cut-out portion with the ends of said longitudinal front member and forming therewith an enclosure for said heating element.

3. An apparatus of the character described comprising a supporting frame including a front wall member fixed thereon and having air inlet openings therein, a heating element mounted upon said support, and a casing provided with air outlets and including back, top and end members; said front wall member bridging the space between said end members below said heating element and detachably secured at its ends to the end members of said casing.

4. An apparatus of the. character described comprising a support including longitudinal front and back members, and transverse members connecting said longitudinal front and back members; said front member having air intake openings therein, a heating element mounted upon said support, a casing having air outlet openings and including back, top and end members and providing an opening at the front thereof intermediate said end members, said front member being disposed between the end members of said casing, and means on said end members for securing the ends of said front member in position thereon.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising a support, a heating element mounted thereon, a casing including back, top and bottom members, said top member having air outlet openings, means for controlling said outlet openings; said casing providing an opening at the front thereof intermediate said end members, and said end members having rearwardlyextending inner vertical edges, and retaining means along said edges, 9. front plate separate from said casing, fixed to said support, and disposed at the front of said casing between the end members thereof and provided with air intake openings communicating with the interior of said casing, vand forwardly-extending flanges at the opposite vertical edges of said front plate engaging with the retaining means on said end members.

6. An apparatus of the character described comprising a support therefor including longitudinal front and back members and transverse intermediate members connecting said longitudinal members; said longitudinal front member having air intake openings therein, a rela- 10 tively flat heating element mounted upon said support; and a casing including back, top and end members, said end members terminating at their front edges in inwardly and rearwardly directed vertical ends interengaging with the opposite ends of said longitudinal front member, and providing an opening above said front member to expose the front of the heating element mounted on said support.

FRANK C. REYNOLDS. 

